Hopes set on G20 spurring deadlocked UN climate talks
• Nov 18, 2024, 10:11 AM
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Nations returned Monday to the negotiating table at deadlocked UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, but with time running out hopes of a breakthrough are pinned on G20 leaders meeting in Brazil. Story by Liza Kaminov.
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Fires in the Amazon: Brazilian police track down climate criminals
• 11:37 AM
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With the COP29 summit now in its final days, we take a closer look at the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. A major global carbon sink that's nicknamed the lungs of the planet, the Amazon is once again under threat. Illegal fires set by farmers ravaged millio
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Attorney General pick Matt Gaetz reportedly paid two women $10,000, in part for sex
• 10:41 AM
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PRESS REVIEW –Thursday, November 21: In France, far-right leader Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down PM Michel Barnier's government over its controversial budget bill. In the US, the House Ethics Committee refuses to publish the findings of a sexual m
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US government calls for breakup of Google and Chrome in antitrust crackdown
• 5:33 AM
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The US Department of Justice moved to break up Google's hold on internet searches on Wednesday, initiating a rare but significant antitrust push that could see the tech giant ordered to part with its Chrome browser.
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US prosecutors charge Indian tycoon Gautam Adani over alleged $250 million bribe scheme
• 4:25 AM
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Indian magnate Gautam Adani, one of the world's richest men and a strong backer of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was charged by US prosecutors on Wednesday for allegedly paying over $250 million in bribes to Indian officials.
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